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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 78267

Covers collecting the breath samples for a test that looks for the stomach bacterium linked to ulcers. The person swallows a labeled substance, then breathes into a collection container after a set wait. Measuring what is in the sample is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$7.24 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$21.38 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $63Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$36.31

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Nebraska than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

New Hampshire· 29th of 51

$12.30

NE $32.36WV $8.32

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.